What would you create if you had a machine that could make (almost) anything?Fabricated offers you practical and imaginative insight into the question, "How will 3D printing change my life?" This book is an informative and fast–paced exploration of 3D printing technologies and the people who use them. You′ll take a journey to design studios, businesses, schools, and cutting–edge research labs. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews, Fabricated explores the promise and peril of a 3D printed present and future.Businesses will be liberated from the tyrannies of economies of scaleFactories and global supply chains will shrink, finding themselves closer to their customersThe law, already reeling from digital media, will once again need to be redefinedOur environment might breathe easier in a 3D printed economy, or it could choke on a rising tide of plastic3D printed digital and intelligent, adaptive materials will change our relationship with the physical worldIf you′re intrigued with new technology, business strategy, popular science, or the social impact of technology, Fabricated will fascinate you.Biographie de l'auteurHod Lipson and Melba Kurman put innovative technologies into context. Lipson is a leading researcher and speaker on 3D printing, digital materials, and the transformative power of intelligent machines. His lab at Cornell University has pioneered interdisciplinary research in 3D printing, product design, artificial intelligence, and smart materials. Kurman is an author and technology analyst who covers game–changing technologies in language that intelligent (and busy) non–experts can understand.